republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7396.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PARITY BETWEEN SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE CASE OF A SPOUSAL OR COHABITATING RELATIONSHIP AND OTHER CRIMES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PARITY BETWEEN SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE CASE OF A SPOUSAL OR COHABITATING RELATIONSHIP AND OTHER CRIMES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7396"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7396 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "Domestic violence", "Family violence prevention and response", "Sexual assault"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Candelora, Vincent J.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Flexer, Mae", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Green, Robin", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Harding, Stephen G.", "Hill, Leslee B.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Klarides, Themis", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Kushner, Julie", "Leone, Carlo", "Logan, George S.", "Lopes, Rick", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McCarty, Kathleen M.", "McGorty, Ben", "Michel, David", "Needleman, Norman", "O'Dea, Tom", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Palm, Christine", "Perillo, Jason", "Petit, William A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Slap, Derek", "Somers, Heather S.", "Sredzinski, J.P.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Verrengia, Joe", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4274c969-0ca5-4a55-bceb-d3478443eecd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "56a3863a55452779db86c6e714ed256d633d602abd9585fb7d5dffdb25b8aab4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 7396 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING PARITY BETWEEN SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE CASE OF A SPOUSAL OR COHABITATING RELATIONSHIP AND OTHER CRIMES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07396-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07396-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Harding, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Hill, Leslee B. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McCarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Sredzinski, J.P. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0401
- **2019-04-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/29/19
- **2019-04-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 534
- **2019-04-30** FILE NO. 851
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 603
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 997
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-189 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-09** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4274c969-0ca5-4a55-bceb-d3478443eecd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).